US Patent Issued to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia on Sept. 23 for "Hydrogen compression and storage systems" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,099, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Hydrogen compression and storage systems" was invented by Matthew D. Witman (Oakland, Calif.) and Vitalie Stavila (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrogen compressor includes an inlet valve, an outlet valve, a storage container in fluid communication with the inlet valve and the outlet valve, a heat transfer device, and storage media arranged inside the storage container. The storage media is made from an initial composition that includes a first element and a second element. The second element h...